IS THE LORD CALLING YOU?

IS THE LORD CALLING YOU?


SINCE my deathbed confession
And my deathbed PROMISE=
When I was 22=I feel like
The LORD
Has been CALLING ME


Calling me for SERVICE to OTHERS=
Hopefully to be a beacon
Of LIGHT and of FAITH
In today's world


“'Here I am,' he answered” Genesis 46:2


In today's reading-we HEAR
God CALLING Jacob-
“in a VISION by night” ( verse 2)


After Jacob ANSWERS-
“Here I am,”
The Lord ENCOURAGES him
To move forward and do not
Be afraid


Are you READY to answer
The CALL like Jacob?


Are you ready to say-
“HERE I am,” to the Lord God ALMIGHTY?


Say YES to the CALL
Of God


Say yes to the call of Jesus


“BEFORE they call
I will answer


While they are STILL SPEAKING-
I will hear” Isaiah 65:24


“For I have
Not come


To call the righteous
But SINNERS” Matthew 9:13


SINCE we are ALL SINNERS=
That excludes NONE of us=
WE are all=CALLED=
Called by the Lord


The question is=are we going to say:
“Yes-here I am Lord,” like Jacob


And so many others=like Abraham-like Moses=
Like Mother Mary=like Mary Magdalene=JESUS-HIMSELF
And ALL the apostles


Is the Lord calling you
I GUARANTEE that he is


The question is=HOW are
WE going to answer=when
He does call?


HERE I AM LORD


USUALLY we are called
When we are NOT READY-
We are CAUGHT off guard


But WHEN God calls and we
ANSWER-”here I am”-


It indicates a WILLINGNESS-like Mary-
To listen and ACCEPT
God's message-who said=


“I am the LORD'S SERVANT=
May it be DONE=
According to your WORD” Luke 1:38


How ARE we going to answer?
How are we going to RESPOND?
Like Mary?
Like a modern day APOSTLE?


Answer the call=say
“HERE I AM LORD”


EVERYONE of us-have a PURPOSE
In the Lord's world-on this earth-
IS the Lord calling you?


WHAT is your purpose?


“MANY are the plans
IN a person's heart


But it is the LORD'S
PURPOSE that prevails” Proverbs 19:21


OUR CALL often comes in dark
UNCERTAIN times=when we are
UNSURE of ourselves


When your call comes=I ENCOURAGE YOU
To say=”HERE I AM LORD”=
Like Jacob-like the apostles=and
Like Jesus himself


And move FORWARD with openness and confidence
That you can ACCOMPLISH
Your PURPOSE in life


HERE WE ARE=LORD!


Robert P. Wallman
7-15-17





Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Joyce Rupp, O.S.M.